Good news!
Prayers have been answered!
Four years ago, I took a leave of absence from my teaching
job to come to Haiti to work on opening a school for special-needs
children. Well, it seemed as if that
dream was on hold. For a long time. Maybe for too long.
As many of you know, I moved to Haiti last May and started a
new job at Morning Star Christian Academy in Port-au-Prince. For the past ten months, I have been blessed
to be only 20 minutes from the children at Notre Maison. The dream of opening the school had never
left, but I wasn’t sure when it would ever happen.
But, God’s timing is perfect. This past January I learned that property had
become available for the school to be opened.
Since then, Gertrude and I have started the school with 15 children from
Notre Maison, and we plan to open it up to the general public next fall. In order to keep following where I believe
God is taking me, I have reduced my hours at Morning Star to part time. Next school year, I will work Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays at MSCA. That allows me to work at the new school on Tuesdays-Thursdays.
With this shift in work responsibilities, I understand again
how much I need to continue to depend on others in my life to walk with me on
this journey. There are many ways to
walk with me if you so choose:
11. Pray for
me. I need continued prayer support as I
learn how to work at/run a school in Port-au-Prince in which my language skills
and administrative skills and people skills are challenged.
22. Provide financial support. My goal is to raise $7000 to provide for my
living expenses during the next school year.
33. Spread the word to others who might be
interested in supporting special-needs.
Let them know how to get in touch with me with any questions they might have--jamieschumacher34@gmail.com.
44. Help with fundraising. Come up with a fundraising idea and let me
know about it. I can put together a
presentation and speak with your group.
If you are so moved to support me financially, you can make
out a check to New Hope Lutheran Church and mail it to this address:
New Hope Lutheran Church
551 S. 4th Street
Aurora, IL 60505
In the memo line write
Haiti Mission Fund.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have
questions! I would love to hear from you
with your prayers, words of encouragement, or comments.
